Introduction The other day at 5 a.m. I woke up abruptly and couldn’t fall back to sleep. My brain was restless but had nothing to do, so i...

Introduction I am an assistant coach for the Albany High School mountain biking team . The age difference between the student-athletes an...

Introduction This being a slow news day, here’s one from my archives, from when I was an undergraduate at UC Santa Barbara . Back then I w...

Introduction I read a New York Times article about some gross-sounding cookie and at the bottom was this note: A correction was made on...

Introduction Sometimes when I’m feeling grateful for something, I am moved to write an ode to it. This is one of those times. Also, I’m pl...

Introduction My daughter texted me, “Perhaps your next blog post can be about CatGPT lol, it’s a thing apparently.” I misread this as “Cha...

Introduction It being a slow news day, here’s another offering from my archives. But first, a little background. A friend of mine is pur...